Calvinism - pagina 109

CALVINISM AND POLITICS. against the

But he

evil.

instituted

by God

preserve

the

more.

is

His Servant,

as

Besides in

work of God,

glorious

that

instrumentality,

He might

of

the strivings

terrible right of

be,

is

God's

justice,

God's honour, as

Thus God,

ordain-

order that, through their

in

maintain His justice against

has given to the magistrate the

sin,

and death.

life

he

order that he may-

Sin attacks

the supreme Artificer and Builder.

ing the powers

all this

in the creation of

humanity, from total destruction. handiwork, God's plan, God's

IO5

Therefore

all

the powers

that be, whether in empires or in republics, in cities or in

rule

states,

''''by

reason justice

a holy character.

bears

same motive every

of God^

the grace

citizen

bound

is

from dread of punishment, but Calvin has

Further such,

as

government itself

from the

to obey, not only

for the sake of conscience.

expressly stated that authority,

and

instituted

is

well

It is

And

no way affected by the question, how a

in

is

For the same

known

in

what form

it

reveals

that personally he preferred a

and that he cherished no predilection

republic^

were the divine and

for a

form of

monarchy, as

if this

government.

This indeed would have been the case

a

sinless

For had

state.

ideal

sin not entered,

have remained the sole king of all men, and will return, in the will

be

all

absolutely

and

glory to come,

in all.

God's

monarchical)

no

own

mutual

control,

i.e.,

direct

monotheist

a

sin.

this condition

government will

many

deny

is

is it.

persons

republic, desirable,

that a mechanical institution of government

by reason of

God would

when God once more

But Calvin considered a co-operation of under

in

now

necessitated

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